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they have been stored abroad since the cold war because of fears that the then-soviet union might invade. some have speculated germany could spend the gold to kickstart the european economy, but the government has strongly ruled out that idea. al jazeera, berlin. >> thailand's navy has increased patrols to try to stem the flow of refugees from myanmar. more of them are entering thailand legally to try to escape harsh conditions and ethnic violence. this report from southern thailand. >> tired and confused, they arrived on foreign soil. 88 refugees spending more than 10 days at sea after leaving western myanmar. they said they had no choice but to leave. >> the soldiers would take women and daughters and rape them and then turned them back the next day. we had no freedom. we could not go anywhere. we had to make our own future. >> myanmar is predominantly buddhist, and the muslim minority are largely seen as illegal immigrants from neighboring bangladesh. after fighting between bouterse and muslims last year, more than 100,000 left homeless. this was all happening at a sensitive time for
they have been stored abroad since the cold war because of fears that the then-soviet union might invade. some have speculated germany could spend the gold to kickstart the european economy, but the government has strongly ruled out that idea. al jazeera, berlin. >> thailand's navy has increased patrols to try to stem the flow of refugees from myanmar. more of them are entering thailand legally to try to escape harsh conditions and ethnic violence. this report from southern thailand....
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the former soviet union the former what we'll call the stands it was because ten tajikistan because it could stand you could stand to have the largest untapped oil and natural gas reserves in the world if you talk to the afghans you talk to the taliban you'll say oh that's why the united states wants to stay here people say it's because we want to surround iran bases in the gulf we have bases once before in iraq we certainly have them in afghanistan do we want afghanistan and pakistan not to go to war with one another neither the bush administration nor the obama administration has been straight with the american public about that and finally we are responsible long with other nations for creating the very people against whom we are now fighting these were all allies of the united states and its allies during the one nine hundred eighty s. we haven't been straight with the american public why what we have created which evolved in some cases into parts of which evolved into al qaeda and which are we trying to dismantle that can you tell me what the war on terror looks like through the e
the former soviet union the former what we'll call the stands it was because ten tajikistan because it could stand you could stand to have the largest untapped oil and natural gas reserves in the world if you talk to the afghans you talk to the taliban you'll say oh that's why the united states wants to stay here people say it's because we want to surround iran bases in the gulf we have bases once before in iraq we certainly have them in afghanistan do we want afghanistan and pakistan not to go...
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i tell you four years in military college two, years in soviet union. if that doesn't make you a conservative, and watching fox doesn't the hurt either. >> bill: when you were raised your father, ted turner wasn't as liberal as he is now, i understand. correct? >> no. my dad was pretty tough. he did eight years in military school, he was in the coast guard there is no sleeping in on the weekend. we did white glove inspections. dad made us work hard. learn the value of a dollar. all of the things that our dads should be doing today. >> did he discuss politic was you when you're growing up? >> absolutely. our conversations were incredible. he was involved with all kinds of things and never, you know, we didn't get into baseball or little league and that kind of stuff. we're talking about pretty heavy issues. >> was he then a liberal man? was he -- did he support the liberal side when you were a kid? >> no. he didn't. he met my mother at a young republicans convention. sow was very -- a small business guy before he became a big business guy. this change in
i tell you four years in military college two, years in soviet union. if that doesn't make you a conservative, and watching fox doesn't the hurt either. >> bill: when you were raised your father, ted turner wasn't as liberal as he is now, i understand. correct? >> no. my dad was pretty tough. he did eight years in military school, he was in the coast guard there is no sleeping in on the weekend. we did white glove inspections. dad made us work hard. learn the value of a dollar. all...
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i don't think there's a soviet union anymore. we're back on "hardball," the place for politics. >>> global warming is a total hoax, and i'll tell you how i know. because it's cold today where i live. that's just science. if anything, there's a new ice age coming today where i live. which we're totally unprepared for because it's been so ♪ alright, let's go. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ we, we chocolate cross over. ♪ yeah, we chocolate cross over. ♪ [ male announcer ] introducing fiber one 80 calorie chocolate cereal. ♪ chocolate. >>> global warming is a total hoax, and i'll tell you how i know. because it's cold today where i live. that's just science. if anything, there's a new ice age coming today where i live. which we're totally unprepared for because it's been so unseasonably warm this winter. >> back to "hardball." going after climate change may be on president obama's second term agenda, but what are the odds of congress doing something when members of the house science committee
i don't think there's a soviet union anymore. we're back on "hardball," the place for politics. >>> global warming is a total hoax, and i'll tell you how i know. because it's cold today where i live. that's just science. if anything, there's a new ice age coming today where i live. which we're totally unprepared for because it's been so ♪ alright, let's go. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ shimmy, shimmy chocolate. ♪ we, we chocolate cross over. ♪ yeah, we chocolate...
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i don't think there's a soviet union anymore. we're back on "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool if we took the already great sentra apart and completely reimagined it with best-in-class combined mpg and more interior room than corolla and civic and a technology suite with bluetooth, navigation, and other handy stuff? yeah, that would be cool. introducing the all-new nissan sentra. it's our most innovative sentra ever. nissan. innovation that excites. now get a $169 per month lease on a new nissan sentra, plus $500 bonus cash. ♪ plus $500 bonus cash. iimagine living your life withss less chronic low back pain.. imagine you with less pain. cymbalta can help. cymbalta is fda-approved to manage chronic musculoskeletal pain. one non-narcotic pill a day, every day, can help reduce this pain. tell your doctor right away if your mood worsens, you have unusual changes in mood or behavior or thoughts of suicide. antidepressants can increase these in children, teens, and young adults. cymbalta is not
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union hillary clinton is more of the same and we've seen it with thirds and you were secretary of state or i appreciated thoughts on the subject don de bar journalist and anti-war activist thanks very much always a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. same show thank you very much. now prime minister dmitri medvedev has criticized washington's move to sanction a number of russian officials for alleged crimes which no court has found them guilty of speaking to c.n.n. the russian premier said the magnitsky bill passed on capitol hill falls outside of international law and only aggravates relations between russia and the us. because this in. each country has the right to deny any country citizen an entry visa to his territory this is something normal but it's something that corresponds with international conventions without having to explain the reasons for the united states could and still can prohibit any russian officials entrance to america the same way they can examine their accounts or whatever else they have in america this is exactly what russia can do as well but when it beco
union hillary clinton is more of the same and we've seen it with thirds and you were secretary of state or i appreciated thoughts on the subject don de bar journalist and anti-war activist thanks very much always a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. same show thank you very much. now prime minister dmitri medvedev has criticized washington's move to sanction a number of russian officials for alleged crimes which no court has found them guilty of speaking to c.n.n. the russian premier...
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i don't think there's a soviet union anymore. we're back on "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections republican congressman paul it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or summary prospectus with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. mommy's having a french fry. yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] could've had a v8. 100% vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. republican congressman paul republican congressman paul when you have diabetes... your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glu
i don't think there's a soviet union anymore. we're back on "hardball," the place for politics. [ male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of medical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections republican congressman paul it's just one reason over 75% of our mutual funds beat their 10-year lipper average. t. rowe price. invest with confidence. request a prospectus or...
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the former soviet union. on thursday vladimir putin accepted depardieu's sit den ship application. after hearing the great news the actor said, and i quote, i love your country, russia. your people, your history, your writers. i love your culture, your way of thinking. my father was once a communist and listened to the radio in moscow. this is also part of my culture. that may be. the irony here is that a country that tried socialism and found that it failed is now attracting the people who are in a country that is now trying socialism and it's failing. the tax rate in russia where depardieu is going is 13%, not 75%. do you honestly think it was the culture of russia that persuaded depardieu to leave france for russia? have you ever been to russia in the winter? [laughter] >> i think 13% just sounds better than 75%, even if minus 20 degrees doesn't sound as good as 50 degrees. there you go. >>> hobby-lobby, the craft store chain founded on christian believes, appealed a part of obamacare to offer insurance to employees to cough day after abortion pills. they are facing a hefty fine
the former soviet union. on thursday vladimir putin accepted depardieu's sit den ship application. after hearing the great news the actor said, and i quote, i love your country, russia. your people, your history, your writers. i love your culture, your way of thinking. my father was once a communist and listened to the radio in moscow. this is also part of my culture. that may be. the irony here is that a country that tried socialism and found that it failed is now attracting the people who are...
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one of the issues remembered by ronald reagan was dealing with the soviet union. explain the political situation in washington, d.c. that he was facing. guest: people who think of the reagan second term within the broad definitions of the curse, they refer to it as [indiscernible]. tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons. reagan and his first term had spoken about the evil empire. one thing led to another. there had been no discernible progress. i do not think many people on january 20, 1981 would have anticipated ronald reagan's greatest historical accomplishment would be significant arms control. not just slowing the rate of increase in nuclear arms, but actually doing away with the whole class in what became known as the inf treaty. host: a speech in june of 1987 in berlin. [video clip] >> we welcome change and openness. we believe that freedom and security go together. the advance of human liberty, the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. there is one sign that the soviets can make that would beunmist
one of the issues remembered by ronald reagan was dealing with the soviet union. explain the political situation in washington, d.c. that he was facing. guest: people who think of the reagan second term within the broad definitions of the curse, they refer to it as [indiscernible]. tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons. reagan and his first term had spoken about the evil empire. one thing led to another. there had been no discernible progress. i do not think many...
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union and there are many bad things that we can say about the soviet union but there is at least one thing which i remember fairly well you know we were a proud people. we were proud of our country we believe that the soviet union was the beacon of progress that we helped to save the humankind that we were in the vanguard of development and i think that this is something that has gone unfortunately if you talk to people in the streets of moscow or and i also hear you know well no longer. and this is something that has to be dealt with i know that. and others are trying to do something about that but they're not too successful too successful in my view and there's a there was a point there that the internal patriotism that is trying to be revived here in russia but there's also this line of patriotism and nationalism which there are russians haven't figured out yet yeah try to skirt current and that's a dangerous line of patriotism is i am i going to but i would also add that unfortunately there is a lot of hypocrisy here because you can multiply and want. to you know want you know pa
union and there are many bad things that we can say about the soviet union but there is at least one thing which i remember fairly well you know we were a proud people. we were proud of our country we believe that the soviet union was the beacon of progress that we helped to save the humankind that we were in the vanguard of development and i think that this is something that has gone unfortunately if you talk to people in the streets of moscow or and i also hear you know well no longer. and...
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union, if that doesn't make you a conservative nothing will. and watching a little bit of fox nothing will, either. when you were raised your father ted turner, he wasn't as liberal as he is now, i understand. correct? >> no, my dad was pretty tough. he did 8 years of military school. he was in the coast guard. we had -- there was no sleeping in on the weekends. we did white glove inspections. dad was tough. he made us work hard. learn the value of a dollar, all the things that our dads should be doing today. >> >> bill: did he discuss politics with you when you were growing up? >> oh, absolutely. our dinner conversations were pretty incredible. i mean, he was involved with all indz of things. and he never -- we didn't get much into the baseball and little league and that and i could've stuff. we were always talking about pretty heavy issues. >> was he then a liberal man? was he -- you know, did he support the liberal side when you were a kid? >> no. he didn't. he mid -- met my mother at a young republican's convention. he was very -- he was a
union, if that doesn't make you a conservative nothing will. and watching a little bit of fox nothing will, either. when you were raised your father ted turner, he wasn't as liberal as he is now, i understand. correct? >> no, my dad was pretty tough. he did 8 years of military school. he was in the coast guard. we had -- there was no sleeping in on the weekends. we did white glove inspections. dad was tough. he made us work hard. learn the value of a dollar, all the things that our dads...
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it's a memoir of the last twenty years since the soviet union fell apart. it's a history of the oil industry and but in par par parallel to history the initial collapse of the 1990s and gradual recovery. the decade after so we end up with at russia we see today after this long cycle with the russian oil industry has gone through the same cycling. it's a biography, it's a multiple biography of a number of people but in particular of the clan that emerged in the 1990s from the city of saint saint peters berg and came with putin in the year 2000. you can sum up the last twenty years by saying it's the revenge of saint peters berg over moscow as they take over and are very largely without much exaggeration are in command. this is very much a saint peter berg crowd. it it's a history of the emergence of the crowd. it's the latest chapter in the 300-year rivalry between the two capitals. it's the tale of two cities. it's a murder mystery that i can't give you the names of the guilty ones in every case. you can draw your own conclusions. there are some marvelous u
it's a memoir of the last twenty years since the soviet union fell apart. it's a history of the oil industry and but in par par parallel to history the initial collapse of the 1990s and gradual recovery. the decade after so we end up with at russia we see today after this long cycle with the russian oil industry has gone through the same cycling. it's a biography, it's a multiple biography of a number of people but in particular of the clan that emerged in the 1990s from the city of saint saint...
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we've gone through 20 years together, is so it's a memoir of the last 20 years since the soviet union fell apart. it's a history. it's a history of the oil industry, but also in parallel it's a history of russia these past 20 years. the initial collapse in the 990s and then the gradual recovery the decade after. so we end up with the russia that we see today after this long psych, and the -- cycle. it's a biography. it's a multiple biography of a number of people, but in particular of the clan that emerged in the 1990 from the city of st. petersburg. and came to moscow with putin in the year 2000. and you could sum up the last 20 years of russian history by saying that this is the revenge of st. petersburg over moscow as the clans from st. petersburg take over and are very largely without much exaggeration are in command. this is very much a st. petersburg crowd. is so a history of the emergence of that crowd, and this is the latest chapter in the 300-year rivalry between the two capitals, so it's a tale of two cities. it's a murder mystery, but i can't give you the names of the -- [l
we've gone through 20 years together, is so it's a memoir of the last 20 years since the soviet union fell apart. it's a history. it's a history of the oil industry, but also in parallel it's a history of russia these past 20 years. the initial collapse in the 990s and then the gradual recovery the decade after. so we end up with the russia that we see today after this long psych, and the -- cycle. it's a biography. it's a multiple biography of a number of people, but in particular of the clan...
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and the soviet union. first of all, it is slightly overdone. anyone who lived through october 1962 knows how close we came within hours of a nuclear war between the u.s. and the soviet union. so this one example how we can limit this indefinitely shows kissinger talked about this, how instable it is. once the soviet has 10,000 weapons and the u.s. also does there is no alternative. we're now in a situation where iran has none. we can avoid that. avoid a cuban missile crisis. it should be at a higher level if iran gets nuclear weapons. why would we choose to have a world with iran to poe cease these weapons a country that declares its intention to annihilate a member of the u.n. notice our opponents said nothing about the issue of hyper proliferation. they keep referring to this single example, the stable bilateral deterrence. what will happen in the middle east as everybody understands, if you get all of these countries small, but some hoff them rich, some tech technologically advance. then we go from nucl
and the soviet union. first of all, it is slightly overdone. anyone who lived through october 1962 knows how close we came within hours of a nuclear war between the u.s. and the soviet union. so this one example how we can limit this indefinitely shows kissinger talked about this, how instable it is. once the soviet has 10,000 weapons and the u.s. also does there is no alternative. we're now in a situation where iran has none. we can avoid that. avoid a cuban missile crisis. it should be at a...
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and then the soviet union acquired a nuclear weapon. and there were many people who felt, many soors people that this was an absolute calamity and that the only recourse the united states had was a preemptive war against russia against the soviet union. this was a position not held by wacky war montgomeriers d morningers. the cool unsentimental british diplomat argued in favor of that. but a man like dwight eisenhower understood that roll back, a strategy of preemptive war, would have huge costs and under go huge consequences. so he opted instead for a strategy called deterrence and containment. keep the soviet union in a box, put pressure on them so that they find it difficult to operate, and maintain the deterrence that says if you try to do something you yourself will be inhileyated. now remember the soviet union at the time was regarded as a wild crazy revolutionary power. remember that stalin had just sacrificed tens of millions of his people in world war ii in the eastern front something that was unfathomable. they were routinely
and then the soviet union acquired a nuclear weapon. and there were many people who felt, many soors people that this was an absolute calamity and that the only recourse the united states had was a preemptive war against russia against the soviet union. this was a position not held by wacky war montgomeriers d morningers. the cool unsentimental british diplomat argued in favor of that. but a man like dwight eisenhower understood that roll back, a strategy of preemptive war, would have huge...
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he was a student at the time the soviet union fell apart. just graduating with a chemical engineering degree. he was an political organizer, he had that energy, that entrepreneurial energy. there are pictures of him in high school, and he's just growing his first moustache, then he became famous for that afterrish moustache he had on the public scene. but there he is, he's superconfident, and he knows he's going to run the world. when you ask what he wants to be, he's going to be a soviet factory director. this is a guy who's on his way. well, those qualities, those animal qualities are the qualities of american capitalists. but soviet style so that plus the fact that he was too young to have experienced really the soviet system and to have grown that protective cover of dissimulation, that made him an object of fear and hatred by people in the oil industry, and then it made him an object of greed by people within the chem lin who looked -- kremlin who looked at him and sized him up as the perfect victim. this was a man who was so provocativ
he was a student at the time the soviet union fell apart. just graduating with a chemical engineering degree. he was an political organizer, he had that energy, that entrepreneurial energy. there are pictures of him in high school, and he's just growing his first moustache, then he became famous for that afterrish moustache he had on the public scene. but there he is, he's superconfident, and he knows he's going to run the world. when you ask what he wants to be, he's going to be a soviet...
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it is the 20th anniversary of the soviet union, the end of the soviet union. many people in russia blame him for the economic conditions in which they live. they blame him for the end of the country that many felt was the cradle to grave welfare state instead of a totalitarian system. i have great respect for him. you can also see people's weaknesses. you talked about all salvador. what about the priests and nuns? to me, that is the people power in that situation. flm was a revolutionary force seeking power. the people power were trying to alleviate poverty, trying to find balance. >> liberation theology had a stronger effect on the underlying society. i have to read this. you are listening to the commonwealth of california radio program. our guest is katrina vander huegen editor and publisher of "the nation." i watched you on colbert. he asked you to repudiate the obama three times before the cock crows. [laughter] >> he said at the end that i filibustered him. >> he went after you. >> one of the bright lights in the bush era was when he spoke of the white ho
it is the 20th anniversary of the soviet union, the end of the soviet union. many people in russia blame him for the economic conditions in which they live. they blame him for the end of the country that many felt was the cradle to grave welfare state instead of a totalitarian system. i have great respect for him. you can also see people's weaknesses. you talked about all salvador. what about the priests and nuns? to me, that is the people power in that situation. flm was a revolutionary force...
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basically the soviet union and communism and the things that emanated from it. the intelligence community, the counter intelligence community was all focused on communism. as the conservative movement grew into the 60's and 70's, continually communism was the focus. as i mentioned, the other strands, libertarians are economic conservatives, some of whom were actually read it -- rather critical of the anti-communist because they felt it meant that it just increase the size of government, but nevertheless, they were second stringers, if you will. contemporaries at chambers and russell kirk as well. richard weaver represented the other two strands of it. but until the 70's probably communism was the dominant thing. something i have wondered about is, when ronald reagan was elected, whether, as you look at the history of the conservative movement, anti-communist and became much less of a deal, and i wonder if with ronald reagan the people that were anti-communist felt that they now have this anti-communist and charged it was the commander-in-chief and felt comfortab
basically the soviet union and communism and the things that emanated from it. the intelligence community, the counter intelligence community was all focused on communism. as the conservative movement grew into the 60's and 70's, continually communism was the focus. as i mentioned, the other strands, libertarians are economic conservatives, some of whom were actually read it -- rather critical of the anti-communist because they felt it meant that it just increase the size of government, but...
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that was the case with the penetration of the government by agents of the soviet union. on all of which fronts chambers was most instructive. and repeated by the new information, one was the extent alluded to by the prius speakers of penetration. not only formidable in terms of numbers but in the level of penetration, there are many of these agents and many posts of power but he was not alone. another was harry dexter white of the treasury department. another was lot creek in the white house. these up tough soviet agents at high levels and the government. the second point -- let me follow-up little bit. all of that, he intimates in "witness," is confirmed over again in records from the soviet union, the encryption is which were secret messages send back and forth between the moscow bosses and their agents, the caller was broken by cryptology since the 40s. there were other records from the soviet union and papers which had recently come forward affecting kgb agent who names many suspects he knew about fro kgb records in moscow. and fbi files, hundreds of thousands of pa
that was the case with the penetration of the government by agents of the soviet union. on all of which fronts chambers was most instructive. and repeated by the new information, one was the extent alluded to by the prius speakers of penetration. not only formidable in terms of numbers but in the level of penetration, there are many of these agents and many posts of power but he was not alone. another was harry dexter white of the treasury department. another was lot creek in the white house....
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so he studied the soviet union for decades and lived in the soviet union for decades in the camp sent out. he was the foremost writer about the soviet union and the gulag archipelago and so on. he said towards the end of his life, you know you can't prove what those old people said, those simpletons around me when i was a kid. this happened because we have forgotten god then he might say how about the jihadist? they think a lot of god too. these issues are very slippery. and i must say how grateful i am to be here at this symposium with these colleagues. thank you. [applause] speeches briefly before opening it to questions, further to what i heard jay nordlinger say, chambers, the title of trilling's novel is referenced to the first sentence of dante's -- [inaudible] and in dante, you get one picture after another of the people that on earth surrounded dante. and a picture of one zeno hypocritical person after another. the surrounding climate of opinion bear in italy at the time. and i think that is so telling in terms of witness to whittaker chambers, a great vote. that is the tone i
so he studied the soviet union for decades and lived in the soviet union for decades in the camp sent out. he was the foremost writer about the soviet union and the gulag archipelago and so on. he said towards the end of his life, you know you can't prove what those old people said, those simpletons around me when i was a kid. this happened because we have forgotten god then he might say how about the jihadist? they think a lot of god too. these issues are very slippery. and i must say how...
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so he studied the soviet union for decades in the camps and out. he was maybe the foremost writer about the soviet union and other books. he said towards the end of his life they can't improve on what those zero people said. they might say what about the jihadists clocks these issues are very slippery and i must say how grateful i am to be here at the symposium and with these colleagues. thank you. [applause] >> just briefly before opening to questions to what i heard, the title of trilling's novel is referenced to the first sentence of dante and you get one picture after another of the people that surrounded dante, and it's a picture of one hypocritical person after another. the surrounding climate of opinion there is in the italy and at the time and i think that is so telling in terms of witness to what occurred chambers because that is the tone i get almost more important than anything else and that is that he was living in a time and a culture and opinion that just swirled around him that didn't believe him and didn't see these things and could
so he studied the soviet union for decades in the camps and out. he was maybe the foremost writer about the soviet union and other books. he said towards the end of his life they can't improve on what those zero people said. they might say what about the jihadists clocks these issues are very slippery and i must say how grateful i am to be here at the symposium and with these colleagues. thank you. [applause] >> just briefly before opening to questions to what i heard, the title of...
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one of the issues remembered by ronald reagan was dealing with the soviet union. explain the political situation in washington, d.c. that he was facing. guest: people who think of the reagan second term within the broad definitions of the curse, they refer to it as [indiscernible] tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons. reagan and his first term had spoken about the evil empire. one thing led to another. there had been known as no discernible progress. i do not think many people on january 20, 1981 would have anticipated ronald reagan's greatest historical accomplishment would be significant arms control. not just slowing the rate of increase in nuclear arms, but actually doing away with the whole class in what became known as the imf treaty. -- inf treaty. host: a speech in june of 1987 in berlin. [video clip] >> we welcome change and openness. we believe that freedom and security go together. the advance of human liberty, the advance of human liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. there is one sign of the soviets can mak
one of the issues remembered by ronald reagan was dealing with the soviet union. explain the political situation in washington, d.c. that he was facing. guest: people who think of the reagan second term within the broad definitions of the curse, they refer to it as [indiscernible] tax reform, the elimination of an entire class of nuclear weapons. reagan and his first term had spoken about the evil empire. one thing led to another. there had been known as no discernible progress. i do not think...
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the two world war ii guys talk about the rise of the soviet union and what would soon be known as the cold war.
the two world war ii guys talk about the rise of the soviet union and what would soon be known as the cold war.
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after the demise of the soviet union, they went from afghanistan. they went into the west. they tried to get rid of them in afghanistan and in iraq. because this terrorism has infiltrated through western societies themselves, this event has come to the arab world, especially in syria, because now the opportunity is available for them so that the number of terrorists can be increased and syria -- in syria, and therefore they can get rid of two adversaries. one is the terrorist. the second is syria. it causes concern to the west. another organization issued a report a month ago to retreat from terrorist activities. this happened in east asia. they come now to syria, and some of them come from western countries. wherever they come from, it is dangerous. it is not impossible to defeat them when we have the courage and will to deal with them. however, the infiltration is very dangerous. this is what we need if they come and infiltrate our society. they will mutate our society regardless of what difficulties and differences politically syria has an otherwise would fall into the t
after the demise of the soviet union, they went from afghanistan. they went into the west. they tried to get rid of them in afghanistan and in iraq. because this terrorism has infiltrated through western societies themselves, this event has come to the arab world, especially in syria, because now the opportunity is available for them so that the number of terrorists can be increased and syria -- in syria, and therefore they can get rid of two adversaries. one is the terrorist. the second is...
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he studied the soviet union for decade, in of camps and out. he was the aforemost writer about it, and he said towards the end of his life, he said, i can't unprove what the simpletons around me said, that this happened because we forgot god. you might say, well, what about the jihadists, they make a lot of god too. these issues are very, very slippery. i must say how grateful i am to be here at this symposium and with these colleagues, thank you. [applause] >> just briefly before opening to questions, further to what i heard, and, you know, chambers, the title of trillings novel, the middle of a journey, is referenced to first sentence of dante's devine comedy, and in "dante inferno," you get one picture after another of the people that on earth surrounded him, and it's a picture, hypocritical person after another. the surrounding climate of opinion there in italy at the time, and that's so telling and in terms of "witness" to chambers', a great book, and that's the tone i get, that book, more importantly than anything else, which was that he
he studied the soviet union for decade, in of camps and out. he was the aforemost writer about it, and he said towards the end of his life, he said, i can't unprove what the simpletons around me said, that this happened because we forgot god. you might say, well, what about the jihadists, they make a lot of god too. these issues are very, very slippery. i must say how grateful i am to be here at this symposium and with these colleagues, thank you. [applause] >> just briefly before opening...
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the two world war ii guys talk about the rise of the soviet union and what would soon be known as the cold war. they were wondering how their generation could avoid the mistakes of their fathers. how they could avoid a third world war they knew could go nuclear. the names were john f. kennedy and richard nixon. of course, they faced each other in a far grander series of debates in 1961. yes, there was a time when people got along in politics, even as they debated the big
the two world war ii guys talk about the rise of the soviet union and what would soon be known as the cold war. they were wondering how their generation could avoid the mistakes of their fathers. how they could avoid a third world war they knew could go nuclear. the names were john f. kennedy and richard nixon. of course, they faced each other in a far grander series of debates in 1961. yes, there was a time when people got along in politics, even as they debated the big
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union majority to -- but a supermajority to get anything passed. that's not how things were supposed to work. it is incumbent upon democrats to try to fix that. >> john: sam when we think about the filibuster, we think jimmy stewart "mr. smith goes to washington." strom thurmon filibustering because he wanted it to be harder for black folks to vote. why just reframe the language of what a filibuster is instead of pushing to reinstitute a talk filibuster we're all used to? why not let the tax-paying voters see what they're paying for and have congressmen prevent a vote from reading from a phone book for ten hours? >> i don't know. when the first proposals came up with just the talking filibuster essentially and basically saying you can't filibuster a motion to start talking about something people were speaking about those reforms as being halfway measures. so what we're talking about now or at least what we were talking about earlier this morning or yesterday was essentially reforms that were quarter way measures. i understand the theory behind the
union majority to -- but a supermajority to get anything passed. that's not how things were supposed to work. it is incumbent upon democrats to try to fix that. >> john: sam when we think about the filibuster, we think jimmy stewart "mr. smith goes to washington." strom thurmon filibustering because he wanted it to be harder for black folks to vote. why just reframe the language of what a filibuster is instead of pushing to reinstitute a talk filibuster we're all used to? why...
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he would even earn a measure of respect from joseph stalin, the brutal dictator of the soviet union. so what was it about harry? especially in typical of wartime diplomacy. his origin left a few clues. he was born in iowa. the sun of a furnace maker with champagne tastes. his father, he traveled the midwest gambling on bowling matches, of all things. his father was a ferociously competitive bowler. but his mother, anna, was a strict methodist and a believer in total justice and helping the poor. it was his mother, anna, who insisted that the family settle down and curnow, iowa. the home of grinnell college. so for kerry, grinnell was impressive at the time. it had an impressive faculty. they were devoted to the social gospel movement. the idea that the principles of christianity could be applied to solve all the nation's social ills. harry graduated in 1912 he followed in the footsteps of his sister, ada. he became a social worker. he became a worker at the settlement house of the lower east side of manhattan. the largest concentration of immigrants live there. for the next 20 years,
he would even earn a measure of respect from joseph stalin, the brutal dictator of the soviet union. so what was it about harry? especially in typical of wartime diplomacy. his origin left a few clues. he was born in iowa. the sun of a furnace maker with champagne tastes. his father, he traveled the midwest gambling on bowling matches, of all things. his father was a ferociously competitive bowler. but his mother, anna, was a strict methodist and a believer in total justice and helping the...
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union and what would soon be known as the cold war. they were wondering how their generation could avoid the mistakes of their fathers, how they could avoid a third world
union and what would soon be known as the cold war. they were wondering how their generation could avoid the mistakes of their fathers, how they could avoid a third world
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hopkins told stalin that the united states was prepared to give the soviet union would've if they needed, whatever they could get there till about the germans. no strings attached, no questions asked. he was criticized for that theater. but from that point forward, stalin -- stalin gave whenever he saw a company you could tell he respect it in. he conferred to have a measure of respect ignited even conferred a bit of trust so it's hard to tell with stalin. but when he saw us colin -- when he saw hopkins, he walked across the room. walked across the room to meet hot good. and he told people that hopkins spoke and i won't go to see this way, translated to mean according to the soul. and russia, that the state peculiarly important -- excuse me, import accolade denoted deaths and strength of care and compassion. so hopkins saw the key to the very. this is his focus out the word, holding together the three party coalition of stalin, churchill and roosevelt. that was his focus for the rest of the war. churchill used to be in on some hopkins focus. she would joke that hopkins is a member of the
hopkins told stalin that the united states was prepared to give the soviet union would've if they needed, whatever they could get there till about the germans. no strings attached, no questions asked. he was criticized for that theater. but from that point forward, stalin -- stalin gave whenever he saw a company you could tell he respect it in. he conferred to have a measure of respect ignited even conferred a bit of trust so it's hard to tell with stalin. but when he saw us colin -- when he...
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and hopkins told stalin that the united states was prepared to give the soviet union whatever they needed, whatever they could get there, whatever they needed to hold off the germans. no strings attached, no questions asked. he'd be criticized for that later. but from that point forward, stalin, stalin gave whenever he saw hopkins, you could tell that he respected him, he conferred on him a measure of respect and might have even conferred a bit of trust, although that's hard to tell with stalin. but he, when he saw stalin at -- when he saw hopkins at tehran, he walked across the room. stalin never did that for anybody. walked across the room to meet hopkins. and he told people that hopkins spoke, i won't be able to say this in russian the right way -- [speaking in native tongue] which was translated to mean according to the soul. and in russia that was a peculiarly important -- excuse me -- important accolade that denoted depth and strength of character and compassion. so hopkins saw that the key to victory, this was his focus throughout the war, the key to victory was holding together th
and hopkins told stalin that the united states was prepared to give the soviet union whatever they needed, whatever they could get there, whatever they needed to hold off the germans. no strings attached, no questions asked. he'd be criticized for that later. but from that point forward, stalin, stalin gave whenever he saw hopkins, you could tell that he respected him, he conferred on him a measure of respect and might have even conferred a bit of trust, although that's hard to tell with...